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Changes to prescribing of "over the counter" medicines from 1st October 2018

Following a consultation by NHS England, GPs at Hawthorn Surgery will no longer be routinely prescribing "over the counter" medicines for a range of minor health concerns from the 1st October 2018. Instead, patients living in Leeds will be asked by their surgeries to purchase these items from their local pharmacy or supermarket.